Fatal bear attacks in Japan have reached a record high this year, according to the Japanese Environment Ministry. Eleven ...

Additionally, troops will be sent to the Akita Prefecture — an area in northern Japan — to help set traps and dispose of bear ...

Bear attacks in Japan reach historic levels as poor harvests and shrinking hunter population create wildlife crisis in ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the ...

Japan has seen a marked increase in bear attacks in 2025 — including seven fatal attacks, up from 5 fatal bear deaths in 2024 ...

Japanese authorities are setting aside funds for hiring hunters amid a rise in wild bear attacks. The environment ministry ...

Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Since April, nine people across Japan have died in bear attacks, the highest toll ever recorded in a single year, according ...

As Japan faces rising human-bear encounters, an animal trapped in a grocery store injured two men, while a separate reported ...

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to recruit hunters to control the bears population, as anxiety grows in the ...

With the move, which pulls together more agencies than have previously been involved, authorities hope to cull bears that ...